Design Research Headquarters
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 | Design Research Headquarters |
| Designer | Benjamin Thompson |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date | 1969 |
| Building Type | retail |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | Brattle St and Story St Walk Score |
| Notes | Frameless glass walls make interior the ornament. Very transparent walls. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Design_Research_Headquart.html |
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"A retail store with a difference: a glittering, many-faceted showcase for home furnishings and clothes, with added space upstairs for offices. Its glass walls float on concrete slabs that jut out at odd angles, cantilevered boldly form supporting concrete columns. Inside are many blunt yet stylish touches: clean-lined open staircases with black pipe railings; floors of brick, concrete, or wood."
— from Sylvia Hart Wright. Sourcebook of Contemporary North American Architecture: From Postwar to Postmodern. p140.
Details
Address
On Brattle Street at the intersection with Story, by Brattle Square, just west of Harvard Square.
American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award, 2003
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"25-Year Award to Design Research Headquarters", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 135, 2003.0219, pN1.
William S. Saunders. Modern Architecture—Photographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. exterior photo, p57.— A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by the master of architectural photography. Available at Amazon.com
Walter F. Wagner Jr., ed. "Bright Glass Prism on Brattle Street", Architectural Record. May 1970. Vol 147 Number 5. p105. drawing of first floor plan, p110. drawing of third floor plan, p110. drawing of site plan, p107. drawing of perspective, p108. drawing of column detail, p108. middle [MW]
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Crate & Barrel to Close, by Peter F. Zhu, The Harvard Crimson, 2008.1119.
